Writer, Editor, Architect of…
A series of blogs, articles, and speculative conjectures
“Literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. But there are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom. But reading is still the path.”
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen.”
- JG Ballard
The Metaphor Equation
About Mark
I write with a social and environmental conscience, hoping to redress the balance in favour of Mother Nature. Often found deep in the woods of magical realism, in the company of wolves and other metamorphic creatures, or in the literary edgelands not far from the sea. My other passion is star gazing and writing about space – its history and cultural impact.​
My writing has appeared in The Caterpillar, Paper Lanterns, The Ecologist, Canopy, Legerdemain, Spaceflight, Spelt, The Norman Mailer Journal, Sonder, The Dawntreader, Ellipsis Zine, AGENDA, Black Bough Poetry, Hyacinth Review, Parakeet Magazine, Aimsir Press, Suburban Witchcraft and the Storms Journal.
I am the editor of Odyssey - the Science Fiction, Space Art and Cultural Magazine of the British Interplanetary Society.
I am lucky enough to live on the South Downs, where my non-human companions includes foxes, badgers, deer, and a wide variety of avian acquaintances.